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Napoleon growers take top Dairyland Seed corn and soybean yield

National corn award winner yielded 296.95 bushels per acre.

March 15, 2017

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TOP CORN YIELD: Rodney and Jackie Rosebrock accepted their first-place corn and soybean yield awards at Dairyland Seed’s annual GENI meeting in Kohler, Wis. From left are Dairyland Seed General Manager Gary Leeper, Jackie and Rodney Rosebrock, and Dairyland Seed Marketing Leader T.J. Strachota.

Rodney and Randy Rosebrock of Napoleon have taken the top award in Dairyland Seed’s state contest for corn with 213 bushels per acre with DS-9713RA and for soybeans with 76 bushels per acre with DSR-3250R2Y. 

Dairyland Seed’s National Corn Yieldmaster was awarded to Robert and Donald McLane of Elizabeth, Ill., with a yield of 296.95 bushels per acre with DS-9311RA. The title of National Soybean Yieldmaster was awarded to Steve Queckboerner of Chadwick, Ill., with a yield of 105.92 bushels per acre with DSR-2411/R2Y.  

The Early Zone Soybean Yieldmaster was awarded to Todd Whempner of Wilmot, S.D., with a yield of 91.80 bushels per acre with DSR-1215/R2Y. The Early Zone Corn Yieldmaster was awarded to John and Linda Worm of Young America, Minn., who entered DS-1501 with a yield of 265.25 bushels. A full list of individual Ohio state winners includes:

Ohio Corn Yieldmasters
First: Rodney and Randy Rosebrock, Napoleon , 213.00 bushels per acre with DS-9713RA
Second: Cary Drewes, Napoleon, 193.60 bushels per acre with DS-6911
Third: Robert Meyer, Napoleon, 189.90 bushels per acre with DS-9307RA

Ohio Soybean Yieldmasters
First: Rodney and Randy Rosebrock, Napoleon, 76 bushels per acre with DSR-3250R2Y
Second: Daryl Bridenbaugh, Pandora, 70.90 bushels per acre with DSR-2909R2Y

"We are very proud to be a part of helping our Yieldmasters achieve these outstanding yields,” says Gary Leeper, general manager of Dairyland Seed. “It is because of growers like these that the future for agriculture is bright, as is our ability to continue feeding the growing world population.”

Source: Dairyland Seed

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